8-K 1 tv530028_8k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date Earliest Event reported) — September 25, 2019

MDC PARTNERS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada (Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 001-13718 (Commission File Number) | 98-0364441 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

745 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10151
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(646) 429-1800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8−K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a−12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a−12)

| ¨ | Pre−commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d−2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d−2(b))

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Subordinate Voting Shares, no par value | MDCA | NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On September 25, 2019, MDC Partners Inc. (the “Company”) will present at the Deutsche Bank 27th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ, at 11:20 AM (MST). There will be an investor presentation referenced during the event by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Frank Lanuto. This investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing information (including the exhibit hereto) is being furnished under “Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure”. Such information (including the exhibit hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

| 99.1 | Investor presentation dated September 25, 2019.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 25, 2019 | MDC Partners Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Jonathan B. Mirsky |
|  | Jonathan B. Mirsky |
|  | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

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